Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), in cooperation with Training and Capacity Building Branch (TCBB) of UN-HABITAT, Lincoln Land Policy Institute, Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) undertook UN-HABITAT staff training program under the title ‘Understanding Urban Land Markets and Their Policy Implications’. Staff members were drawn from different sections of UN-HBITAT including the regional offices as well as a couple of colleagues from the Committee of Permanent Representatives and FAO. The training took place 9-13 June 2008 (for half days) at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi.

Building on the outcomes of the pilot training conducted in Kumasi Ghana in January this year, the Training and Capacity Building Branch (TCBB) of UN-HABITAT and GLTN have successfully concluded the Southern Africa edition of the transparency in land administration training in Windhoek, Namibia. The Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN) hosted the program that took place from 26-28 May 2008. Like the previous edition, the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) co-organized the program with all rounded support provided by such African training institutions as PoN, Ardhi University of Tanzania and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology